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  • noun Plural form of coronary.

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Examples

  • Along with the greater prevalence of smoking in decades past, I think this accounts for the phenomenon of "perfectly healthy" 50-somethings dropping dead of "coronaries" back in the 1960's and even into the 1970's.

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  • That should cause enough coronaries among the crazies to level the playing field a bit.

    Think Progress » Focus On The Family Returns To Its Homophobia: We’re No Longer Open To A Gay SCOTUS Justice 2010

  • As Steinbrenner bragged of dishing out coronaries and drove his team into the ground, a prominent adult magazine named him “one of the ten sexiest men in sports.”

    Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

  • As Steinbrenner bragged of dishing out coronaries and drove his team into the ground, a prominent adult magazine named him “one of the ten sexiest men in sports.”

    Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

  • As Steinbrenner bragged of dishing out coronaries and drove his team into the ground, a prominent adult magazine named him “one of the ten sexiest men in sports.”

    Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

  • Religion takes more lives than cancer and coronaries and car crashes combined.

    Blood Men Paul Cleave 2010

  • As Steinbrenner bragged of dishing out coronaries and drove his team into the ground, a prominent adult magazine named him “one of the ten sexiest men in sports.”

    Bad Sports Dave Zirin 2010

  • Religion takes more lives than cancer and coronaries and car crashes combined.

    Blood Men Paul Cleave 2010

  • I'm going to have 40 coronaries before I get that ballot in my hands -

    TPM Track Composite: Obama's Lead Edges Up 2009

  • Every Repug businessman in this country had 50 coronaries yesterday when this was announced.

    Election Central Saturday Roundup 2009

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